Finance Business Partner/FP&A

Overview

In this role you will own the UK FP&A agenda and deliver meaningful financial insight to a wide set of stakeholders. You will report to the European FD and collaborate with Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain, Engineering and Finance to drive performance improvements. The role blends budgeting, forecasting, and detailed financial analysis with senior stakeholder engagement in a manufacturing/engineering context. This is a broad, commercially focused opportunity within an international organisation offering exposure to the wider operation.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Monthly reporting
• Variance analysis and operational performance reporting
• Detailed analysis of sales, margins, overheads, payroll, headcount, capacity and operational costs
• Reporting on financial performance to senior stakeholders
• Challenging stakeholders where appropriate to support performance improvements
• Knowledge of SAP, OneStream or Power BI and costing/inventory analysis as beneficial but not essential

Key requirements

• Experience across FP&A and Finance Business Partnering
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills essential
• Manufacturing or engineering environment experience advantageous
• Knowledge of standard costing, inventory or operational cost analysis beneficial
• Experience translating financial data into clear, commercial insight

• Stakeholder management
• Commercial mindset
• Strong communication
• Advanced Excel
• SAP
• OneStream

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